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OK, why does YouTube get a free pass on this? Nobody has ever given me a good reason.

jonchris 14y ago
its ok for youtube as you know you are landing on sound world. you know it. however suppose u clicked a link abcxyz.com and u don't know much about the site as u wanted to read some article/news etc and all of sudden u hear music. what if music is strange and ur speaker is on in the office? :-)
Arkeus 14y ago
By visiting a YouTube video, I am giving YouTube my consent to play me a video, including any sound it might contain. I completely expect YouTube videos to play sound and am prepared for it, unlike websites such as this.
- benatkin 14y ago
  All it takes is a redirect.
  - tjoff 14y ago
    What's your point? That people can be annoying?
    - benatkin 14y ago
      No, that this is a double standard people have. They gripe about any non-YouTube site playing audio, but say nothing when they click a bit.ly link that redirects to a YouTube video page.
      - lmm 14y ago
        People absolutely do complain when they click a bit.ly link that redirects to a YouTube video page.
viseztrance 14y ago
Not ok either but you can at least mute the sound there.
- benatkin 14y ago
  Yes, and it takes one click. Same number of clicks it takes to close the tab.
smosher 14y ago
FWIW I wish youtube didn't autoplay. Not that I care about unexpected noises in a situation like this, but I hope we all agree that unexpected and unwanted noises are genuinely annoying to many people.
jackalope 14y ago
It doesn't. Flashblock is one of the most popular Firefox extensions[1], and variants are available in other browsers. Even though it offers some protection against hidden Flash elements and supercookies, it would still be popular just to prevent autoplaying flash presentations. The author of Flashblock even specifically mentions YouTube on the extension page[2]: Youtube videos not blocked: This is because they are now increasingly HTML5 Videos. I plan to add HTML5 blocking in the next version. Meanwhile you can try out a experimental version at: http://flashblock.mozdev.org/installation1.html#unstable http://flashblock.mozdev.org/installation1.html#unstable This indicates there is a demand for the autoplay blocking feature alone, regardless of the medium. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/?sort=users https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/?sort=us... [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/

its ok for youtube as you know you are landing on sound world. you know it. however suppose u clicked a link abcxyz.com and u don't know much about the site as u wanted to read some article/news etc and all of sudden u hear music. what if music is strange and ur speaker is on in the office? :-)

Arkeus 14y ago

By visiting a YouTube video, I am giving YouTube my consent to play me a video, including any sound it might contain. I completely expect YouTube videos to play sound and am prepared for it, unlike websites such as this.

benatkin 14y ago
All it takes is a redirect.
- tjoff 14y ago
  What's your point? That people can be annoying?
  - benatkin 14y ago
    No, that this is a double standard people have. They gripe about any non-YouTube site playing audio, but say nothing when they click a bit.ly link that redirects to a YouTube video page.
    - lmm 14y ago
      People absolutely do complain when they click a bit.ly link that redirects to a YouTube video page.

viseztrance 14y ago

Not ok either but you can at least mute the sound there.

benatkin 14y ago
Yes, and it takes one click. Same number of clicks it takes to close the tab.

smosher 14y ago

FWIW I wish youtube didn't autoplay. Not that I care about unexpected noises in a situation like this, but I hope we all agree that unexpected and unwanted noises are genuinely annoying to many people.

jackalope 14y ago

It doesn't. Flashblock is one of the most popular Firefox extensions[1], and variants are available in other browsers. Even though it offers some protection against hidden Flash elements and supercookies, it would still be popular just to prevent autoplaying flash presentations. The author of Flashblock even specifically mentions YouTube on the extension page[2]: Youtube videos not blocked: This is because they are now increasingly HTML5 Videos. I plan to add HTML5 blocking in the next version. Meanwhile you can try out a experimental version at: http://flashblock.mozdev.org/installation1.html#unstable http://flashblock.mozdev.org/installation1.html#unstable This indicates there is a demand for the autoplay blocking feature alone, regardless of the medium. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/?sort=users https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/extensions/?sort=us... [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/